I Wish I Were a Photographer: A hi-tech shadowy macro

Sunday, January 23, 2011

A hi-tech shadowy macro

I've been participating in a facebook group called Fifty-Two Frames, in which we each post a different themed photo each week. It's fun, and this week's theme was "Macro." As we all know, I only have a little point-and-shoot Canon (though I love it!), and certainly no macro lens... but I decided that this photo of a PCB that I shot at work was as close as I was going to get:

Pretty cool, right? I liked that one.

But lo and behold, as I was looking through the series that I had shot, I found that I also had some cool shadow action going on - the connector's shadows remind me of a picket fence:

Excellent! I'm so pleased with this double whammy of a photo shoot :)

I'm posting it to Shadow Shot Sunday, that always excellent meme, hosted at Hey Harriet. And I'm also posting it to Macro Monday (another great meme that I'm usually too intimidated to post to), hosted at Lisa's Chaos. Have a great week, everyone!

12 comments:

Anonymous said...: Great shadow shot. I love my point-and-shoot too. :); January 23, 2011 at 9:36 PM
Kelly said...: I use a point and shoot and seldom get something this nice, especially so close up. Nice job! I like the shadows!; January 23, 2011 at 11:37 PM
Anonymous said...: How impressive a sight ! Shrinking life to its real, important size. Thoughtful pictures indeed. Please have a good new week.

daily athens; January 24, 2011 at 2:35 AM
Hey Harriet said...: I like both of these! Those connector shadows do look like a fence. It looks like you have quite an interesting job there. Very technical looking! Probably all above my head! Your creative shots are cool! Have a great week Toby :); January 24, 2011 at 4:24 AM
Anonymous said...: Love the shadows one! So many ppl posted macros to 52F that were taken w/ P&S cameras -- apparently unless you have a special macro lens (or go the freelensing route!), a P&S will actually get you better macro results! (Use the flower setting...)

Dena; January 24, 2011 at 1:22 PM
toby said...: Thanks, everyone!

Hey Harriet - I'm sure what I do isn't over anyone's head, it's just in an impressive setting :)

Dena - Thanks, I do use the flower setting, but that's not exactly the same thing :); January 24, 2011 at 2:15 PM
MarieElizabeth said...: I think you did very well with your P&S. Sometimes I throw mine in the bag just to try different things. I think you have to compose miuch better when you have a little less technology to assist you!; January 24, 2011 at 4:17 PM
Karen said...: Yes, pretty cool. There is quite a lot of detail and the shadows on the 2nd shot are great.; January 24, 2011 at 5:35 PM
Christina, Sweden said...: you did a great job, lots of details. A theme/week seems nice I'm into 365/year....

Christina, Sweden; January 24, 2011 at 5:37 PM
Bird's Eye View Photography said...: Very cool shots!; January 24, 2011 at 6:09 PM
Kala said...: Cool shots - the detail is very good for a P&S camera!; January 24, 2011 at 7:22 PM
Unknown said...: I like it! I often find point and shoots do great macros! Lovely!; January 24, 2011 at 7:48 PM

Short disclaimer:

Now that I've had this little blog for a while, it's come to my attention that there's a concept of SOOC - Straight Out Of the Camera. I just wanted to let y'all know that every one of my photos fits that category - I don't photoshop or otherwise play with the photos I take, with the exception of an occasional crop.

Oh, and if I already have you on the line: All photos on this blog were taken by me unless stated otherwise, and are my creative property. I'm a big believer in sharing - just ask my kids - and you're welcome to share them, as long as you link back here when you do!

Have a great day all,

Toby